Effect of adding a mobile health intervention to a multimodal antimicrobial stewardship programme across three teaching hospitals: An interrupted time series study

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1825-1831

  Charani, E ^a   Gharbi, M ^a   Moore, L S P ^a   Castro Sanchez E ^a   Lawson, W ^b   Gilchrist, M ^b   Holmes, A H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85019963862     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkx040     Document Type: Article

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